25 Most Rockin’ Guitar Riffs

Posted 03 Jun 2008 in Music

Not to be outdone by Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time, Yahoo have published a list of their own, of the 25 Most Rockin’ Guitar Riffs.

List of the Day undertook the task of picking out 25 infamous guitar riffs that depending on your era were among the ones you mangled when you joined your first band. I often got stuck on the organ, so I was always pushing for a little “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” action. Because, believe me, “Kick Out the Jams” sounds lame on the organ.

I know my brother can’t let a week go by without hammering out a bit of Sweet Child O’ Mine by GNR – I even think it was his mobile ringtone for a while – so I’m glad that’s on the list.  Are your favourites there?  Yell out if you think are any that they’ve missed…

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